James Gao

The credit default swaps and useless thin air creation of value have plagued the economy in ways similar to that of the Dark Ages. I am a massive fan of that period of time in the sense that turmoil paves for progress, but can simultaneously work the other way around (especially in the case of the book). Our economy has been through that type of age a few times already only in the past century. We are in a better time with regards to physical health. Mental health possibly hasn't changed much since then and same with intelligence when talking about economics. One aspect in the mainstream human character that has gotten worse is the humanity coupled with empathy. We are all humans and all desire greed, vanity, fallacy, and iniquity to some degree. Because of that, I certainly understand the buying of subprime mortgage bonds which led to the crash. Michael Burry is not depicted as some kind of heathen criminal despite the effect he had on the world. In modern day, his type of scheme based thievery would not be considered deviant enough to constitute crime. Truth be told, he simply saw what was going to happen, so he capitalized on it. If he didn't do it, then someone else would have, and they'd be the rich guy. He and Eisman are nothing short of geniuses who had the capabilities of transcending groupthink. Fiat engineering is theoretically and technically not stealing in accordance to the time and space currently inhabited by this collective consciousness of man-made laws. Collapses during the time of the mid 2000s seemed predictable to most analysts, but the masses of investors simply weren't seeing the data while taking it for what was actually happening. Delusions of grandeur coupled with backwards rationalizations of financial security really set off a domino effect across the market. Volatility completely blasted off into the galaxy. The lack of real tangible…...

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...Although I love traveling, sitting in this musty old coat pocket is quite a bore and our destination on this business trip is less than desirable. “I’m back…” my master droned as he stepped onto the unsophisticated American soil. Whipping me out of his chamber of a coat pocket and handing me to the tall uniformed man, I was admired, scanned, and stamped. The man at the port had never seen such an accomplished one of my kind before. I have ventured between America and the always great Europe an impressive number of times and plan on being stamped at different country boundaries until my pages are worn to the core, and I am an inked mess.
“Incredible, Sir this passport is quite weathered. I see you have been many the miles.”
“Mr. Henry James is my name and thank you. I take great pride in my travels for they provide one with experience and insight.”
With a hard stamp my pages were once again marked with the disgraceful American ink, but either way I was glad to add another traveler’s mark to my collection. As Henry continued to talk about his travels and writing, he waved me around like a trophy to behold. Although glad to be seen and treasured, I wished he would put me away and we could start exploring some more. Getting into the carriage, he slipped me into the breast pocket of his coat which was my absolute favorite spot because it was the closest to his heart. With the crack of the whip, neigh of the horses, and jerk of the wagon we were off again to spend our......

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James Monroe
01April 2013
Advanced Reading/Writing
Outline – James Monroe
I. Introduction
a. Was the fifthpresident of the United States
b. Purpose of the paper
i. Early life and early political career
ii. James Monroe’s presidencyachievements
iii. Post-presidency
iv. Time and place of death
II. Early life and early political career
a. Family
b. Education and military service
c. Early political career
i. Virginia politics
ii. Ambassador to France
iii. Governor of Virginia
iv. Secretary of State and Secretary of War
III. James Monroe’spresidency achievements
a. Presidential elections of 1816 and 1820
b. The Cumberland Road Bill
c. Indigenous American policies
d. Administration and Cabinet
e. Foreign policy
i. Monroe Doctrine
ii. The acquisition of Florida
IV. Post-presidency
V. Thoughts on slavery
VI. Time and place of death
VII. Conclusion
a. Early life and early political career
b. James Monroe’s presidency achievements
c. Post-presidency
d. Time and place of death
James Monroe is remembered for his victorious win to become the 5th president of America. His life both private and political was closely...

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2. What do you think of the way in which the boards of James Hardie have managed the asbestos compensation issue?
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Hero Does Not Fit |
Does James Wolfe Deserve the Title ‘Hero of Quebec’ |
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Zachary Bliss |
12/6/2012 |
Dr. Daryl White
HI2600
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II. Tactics: “Re-Established 2014” Beats by Dre commercial and “LeBron James’ First Home Game” commercial by Sprite
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· Recruit participants who match your target profile for pilot studies. This means that any feedback — about the study or about the site being tested— will be more relevant. In a pinch, recruiting someone who doesn’t quite fit the profile is typically better than not running a pilot test at all, but the results from those sessions then would not be applicable in the final study.
· Does running a pilot study take extra time? Of course. Materials need to be ready earlier, extra participants need to be recruited, and time needs to be scheduled to run the sessions. The payoff, however, is that the final study will run more smoothly, making it easier to get the results that matter to your team and, ultimately, your product.
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...are a number of good examples for believing in God and a number of examples against believing in God. The term of “God” is defined as an all loving, all knowing, and all powerful being. People that believe that God exist are theists. On the other hand, people that do not believe in God are atheists; they are denying existence of God. However, agnostics are people who think that there is not enough evidence to believe or not to believe. A philosopher, William K. Clifford, discussed questions about the ethics of belief, emphasizing the importance of the belief of the individual. His evidentalist principle is as follows: “It is wrong, always and everywhere, to believe anything for anyone upon insufficient evidence” (355). In addition to him James challenged Clifford, saying that it is not always possible to use rationality to determine beliefs.
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